Thoughts
A Spectrum of Actions, Part III
August 10, 2023
(Or: “What do the stories we tell each other about whether we’re reeaaaallllyyyyy gonna do that action item mean?”")
A Spectrum of Actions, Part II
August 7, 2023
Can we better gauge whether or not we’re reeaaaallllyyyyy gonna do that action item?
Rewriting Harmful Analogies While They’re In Use
July 17, 2023
No, you’re not “rebuilding the plane in flight”; you’re not even flying!
Updating Rasmussen’s Triangle for a Modern World
June 28, 2023
On proposing a modest update to the venerable safety science model.
“Write It So It’s Right”: A New Rite in Dev-Assist AI?
June 22, 2023
As software teams start to pair program with AI bots, what do ‘right’ and ‘working’ mean?
REdeploy is REturning!
May 1, 2019
REdeploy, the industry's premier resilient socio-technical systems conference, returns to San Francisco this October!
I Ran This Whole Conference and I Didn't Even Get a T-shirt
April 11, 2019
Some thoughts on running a first year conference.
The 737Max and Why Software Engineers Might Want to Pay Attention
March 14, 2019
As the unique case of the Boeing 737Max plays out, software engineers would do well to pay attention.
Dev, Ops, and Determinism
February 27, 2019
Could the way we, as engineers, think about 'determinism' play into how we think about incidents?
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
February 13, 2019
Announcing original research on the use of post-incident analysis artifacts!
Talking Pay in the Public Square
September 24, 2018
How to talk about a taboo subject to get useful tidbits.